This is the information page about the shipwreck Cortes, the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 47 48 N,23 45 W (47.8, -23.75)

The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English 🇬🇧, as they are prepared by the UK Hydrographic Office (UKHO) based on data from UKHO and the hydrographic services of the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany, among others. They include the known details of the wreck and the comments of the cartographers who have checked the position and condition of the wreck over time.

Name: CORTES

Length 82.3 meter, width: 11.6 meter, draught: 4.9, tonnage 1374 ton

Cause: built in 1919 by caledon sb & eng co. owned at time of loss by macandrews & co. triple expansion engine of 196 nhp for 12 knots. torpedoed and sunk while in a homeward bound convoy from gibraltar. 1 man lost. some survivors were rescued by 'lapwing' only to lose their lives when she was sunk later that day. (dods).

Year of registration: 1941

Water depth above wreck: 3500 meter

Known since: 1941

Details measurements/cartography: 10.4.72 10.4.72 VESSEL SANK IN 474800N 234500W APPROX (WARTIME STANDARD SHIPS VOL 3) - NCA.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office

Position: 47 48 N,23 45 W

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